I remember visiting Johnny 5 in the theater. "Short Circuit" had great family appeal with a lovable robot and goofy humor. I wandered if this would be one of those movies that didn't hold up well after 19 years. We have all revisited movies [...]
With DVD dominating the market and finally putting the final nails in the coffin of VHS, it seems insane to introduce another format to consumers. With the release of the PSP, we are given the Universal Media Disc (UMD) format, which has grown in [...]
After crossing two names off of the list, there are plenty of obstacles to face before confronting Bill. "Kill Bill: Volume 2" picks up where its predecessor left off by filling in gaps with past conversations and startling revelations. We even [...]
TV comedian Jamie Foxx gained wide notice in 2004 as Tom Cruise's sidekick in the excellent "Collateral". Then he got the Academy Award for "Ray". Now it's time to dredge-up a lot of old Foxx material and cash in. Image [...]
A possible re-telling of "The Wizard of Oz, Terry Gilliam's 1981 "Time Bandits" contains all the usual irreverent, wacky, British humor we've grown to know and love. And puppets and trolls. David Rappaport stars as Randall, a [...]
Reality television has taken over. Cameras seem to be everywhere nowadays to capture every aspect of daily living from a variety of people. MTV seems to really love airing these moments of raw comedy. What most people recognize as the beginning of a new [...]
I admit it. The "Blind Dead" movies are a guilty pleasure of mine. Have been ever since I was a teenager. Part of it may have to do that "Tombs Of The Blind Dead" was the first horror movie I ever saw in a movie theater on the big [...]
I have a very high tolerance for crazy movies. Gore, extreme violence, and surreal oddities are all too common in my DVD collection. Sometimes these crazy titles like "Bad Boy Bubby" and "Three….Extremes" manage to stimulate the mind [...]
"Count Duckula", a spin-off from the animated series "Danger Mouse, " portrays the adventures of quite possibly the world's first vegetarian vampire duck, in this rather humorous and quite popular animated series from the late [...]
I had never heard of "The Doctor And The Devils" but the DVD looked intriguing when it arrived, so I decided to give the film a check-up. As it turns out, the movie is a gothic little thriller that has a lot in common with the great Hammer Films [...]
